Morocco honorary consul in Calcutta Rashmi Chowdhary

Morocco’s Jallal Toufiq re-elected member of International Narcotics Control Board

Morocco’s candidate, Jallal Toufiq, was re-elected on Tuesday for a second term as member of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) at elections held in New York, as part of the organizational session of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). Toufiq, who was challenging 17 other candidates, was elected in the first round of […]

Rising tensions in Ethiopia’s Tigray threaten regional stability, warns ACSS report

A new report warns of escalating rivalries among Tigrayan political leaders, raising fears that these tensions could derail the process of reintegrating the region into Ethiopia’s federal structure, ultimately spiraling into a broader conflict involving neighboring Eritrea and other regional powers. A fragile ceasefire, signed in November 2022 between Ethiopia’s government and the Tigray People’s […]

Libya: 15th century Sufi shrine bombed

The North African region has been experiencing attacks on Sufi tombs and shrines with the Salafists suspected of carrying them out. The latest site to be bombed is the shrine of Sidi Mohammed Landulsi, a 15th century Sufi theologian. The shrine which is located in the eastern suburb of Tajura was destroyed with a triple […]